The Urban Sketching Handbook 101 Sketching Tips: Tricks, Techniques, and Handy Hacks for Sketching on the Go (Volume 8)

Pocket size book with an amazing information about urban sketching

Francamente en cuanto al contenido no podría opinar aún no he empezado a leerlo pero lo vi un poco y se ve interesante.Viene en Inglés, en el caso de no saber este idioma posiblemente batalles un poco, si sabes algo de ingles como yo será muy intuitivo( bueno tomando en cuenta de que solo leí poco).Y si viene muy de bolsillo muy práctico para traerlo de en la mochila o bolsa. Francamente para mí fue una buen compra :) espero que para los demás también

Really good for motivation and as a handbook sitting in a caffe and sketching what you see and using rules in a book. Not a big book which is great and also good read and informative. It's just the tips book so don't expect to learn everything or any subject in depth. Really good as a present

Un fantástico libro de técnicas y trucos muy útiles para los aficionados al sketching. Además de su fantástico sistema de presentación de contenidos que resulta muy atractivo para su estudio. Ya tengo otros volúmenes de la colección y los recomiendo.

I love Stephanie's work and have had the pleasure of participating in her "Good Bones" workshop in San Antonio, so I was excited for the release of this book. If I'm being generous, I'd describe myself as an intermediate sketcher. I've dabbled in urban sketching for several years, although most of the time I still feel like a beginner.So, for me, this book is a pretty comprehensive list of what many urban sketchers think about or should think about. It's probably not a book for a beginner who has just opened a brand-new sketch book to the first blank page, because it's not step-by-step, detailed instruction; rather, it's tips. It's for someone who has done some sketching and is starting to have questions like, why does one side of my building look crooked? why do my trees look cartoony? and, really, how should I start a sketch? You can read straight through to find these answers or skip around. Reading cover-to-cover may be overwhelming, because there's a lot here. Personally, I'm trying to focus on one question at a time and saving the rest for later.Stephanie is a thoughtful and encouraging teacher who is especially talented at simplifying puzzling concepts. She is an architect, and she loves perspective, so this book does lean into that. Her other book in this series, Understanding Perspective, is completely the more in-depth version of that material. Here, she steps back a bit and gives you basic tips on perspective for a good jump-start into making your buildings believable and fills the rest of the book with tips on other topics like composition, paint, the spirit of sketching, etc.Believable structures are usually a primary concern for urban sketchers, since we're often sketching in structure-filled environments. However, urban sketching is different for everyone. If your interest is primarily documenting people or the natural environment, you may want a different book. For an urban sketching guidebook that's oriented toward buildings, this book's content is right on point and well-balanced. That said, I really think everyone will find valuable information and inspiration here.The book contains many examples of Stephanie's work, and, aligning with the approach of other books in this series, she also explains her points through sketches from other experienced urban sketchers who work in a variety of styles and media. Stephanie works in pencil and wash, and most of the other examples in the book are traditional ink and wash, but ProCreate on an iPad is also represented.As a side note, I find it odd that one reviewer complained about the lack of examples by female artists in the book. First, I've never observed or considered any sort of gender bias in urban sketching, only massive amounts of amazing work by extremely talented artists, so who cares (I'm a woman, btw); and second, refer to the list of contributors in the back.

Très illustré. Écrit par une spécialiste du domaine. C'est une aide efficace par le nombre et la diversité des exemples présentés. Certains sujets sont abordés légèrement (p.ex. la perspective) mais un exposé plus approfondi est disponible dans d'autres ouvrages de la collection. Ceci est vraiment une référence tous azimuths.